Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
04TEGUCIGALPA751
2004-03-31 23:28:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tegucigalpa
Cable title:  

HONDURAS SEIZES 700 MORE KILOS OF COCAINE; 2004

Tags:  SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS SOCI HO 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TEGUCIGALPA 000751 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR INL/LP AND WHA/CEN

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/31/2014
TAGS: SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS SOCI HO
SUBJECT: HONDURAS SEIZES 700 MORE KILOS OF COCAINE; 2004
TOTAL IS UP TO APPROXIMATELY 2,234 KILOS

REF: A. TEGUCIGALPA 672


B. TEGUCIGALPA 665

C. TEGUCIGALPA 388

D. TEGUCIGALPA 265

Classified By: Political Counselor Francisco Palmieri;
Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L TEGUCIGALPA 000751

SIPDIS

STATE FOR INL/LP AND WHA/CEN

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/31/2014
TAGS: SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS SOCI HO
SUBJECT: HONDURAS SEIZES 700 MORE KILOS OF COCAINE; 2004
TOTAL IS UP TO APPROXIMATELY 2,234 KILOS

REF: A. TEGUCIGALPA 672


B. TEGUCIGALPA 665

C. TEGUCIGALPA 388

D. TEGUCIGALPA 265

Classified By: Political Counselor Francisco Palmieri;
Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (U) On March 30, Honduran authorities confiscated
approximately 700 kilos of cocaine and arrested six
individuals in the vicinity of Santa Cruz de Yojoa, near
Puerto Cortes on Honduras' Caribbean coast. Police arrived
in the area as the traffickers were in the process of
preparing a false compartment in a Volvo van to transport the
cocaine overland. Apart from the some 125 kilos discovered
in the van, a search of the property yielded another
approximately 575 kilos.


2. (C) Police were alerted to the situation through a
confidential informant. A high ranking official within the

SIPDIS
Ministry of Public Security speculated the cocaine may have
come from the plane discovered March 18 burned and buried on
the property of Miguel Facusse, a prominent Honduran
businessman (ref A).


3. (U) The names of the detained are: Darwin Ruben Diaz,
Honduran, (25); Dennis Pineda Oriana, Honduran, (33); Pedro
Guevara, Honduran (24); Sandy Suazo, Honduran, (24); Ruiz
Rodriguez, Guatemalan, (34); and Pedro Ellias Sanchez,
Guatemalan, (33). The property is owned by Emilio Gama Liano
Mejia and is rented to Darwin Ruben Diaz.


4. (U) This seizure, combined with previous seizures (refs
B-D) brings the total amount of cocaine seized in Honduras in
2004 to approximately 2,234 kilos.
PALMER